Cablegate: Demarche Delivered: Polish Humanitarian Response
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RR RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV
DE RUEHWR #0579 1301431
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 091431Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY WARSAW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6434
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES
RUEHKW/AMCONSUL KRAKOW 2085
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1417
UNCLAS WARSAW 000579
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR EAP/MLS AARON COPE, EUR FOR NCE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL BM PL
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POLISH HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
TO CYCLONE NARGIS
REF: STATE 48651
(SBU) Econoffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA Afghanistan
desk officer Sebastian Domzalski and Katarzyna Czerniecka of
the Unit for Implementation of Development Cooperation on May
9, 2008. They stated the Government of Poland, working
through UNICEF, already had dedicated around PLN 0.5 million
(approximately $250,000) in aid to Burma. The Polish
government is exploring additional options to assist Burma
through other international organizations, such as the EU,
but nothing concrete has been decided.
ASHE